Density and porosity of the upper oceanic crust from seafloor gravity measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1053-1056

  Johnson, H Paul ^a   Pruis, M J ^a   Van Patten, D ^a   Tivey, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; GRAVITY SURVEY; OCEANIC CRUST; POROSITY; UPPER CRUST;

FRACTURE; GRAVITATION; POROSITY; TECTONICS; AQUIFERS;

HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; OCEANIC CRUST;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; POROSITY;

BLANCO FRACTURE ZONE; GRAVITY MEASUREMENT; HIGH POROSITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; IN-SITU DENSITIES; OCEANIC CRUST; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC VELOCITIES;

EID: 0034529852     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011130     Document Type: Article

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